Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-07

EOohtt, Is us white dS l1llh anu very
delicate.
1t is proposed to establish a cattle
trail from Southern Arizona to Mon
tana and Wyoming.
Mrs. Cleveland has never had her
ears pierced. 1t naturally follows that
she wears no earrings.
In California they wear thimbles
while eating grapes to avoid st;tinin Q
the fingers with the fruit.
Several olive-growers in Southern
California will this year make oil in
stead OF pickles from their crop.
The Presbyterian assembly of Cali
fornia has approved of the use of IN
fermented wines for communion pur-
poses.
The late Justice Woods left very lit
tie property. Some real estate and a
life-insurance policy comprise it in
great part.
1t must he Il very dull southern town
have been blessed with a book agent
this week
Mr.. and Mrs. Mills of Boonville,
Mo, have a peculiar freak of nature
in the way OF an asparagus as crooked
and curled as a sleeps horn.
Senator kenna Of West Virginia is
another man who went into the Con-
fedcrate service and came out II pri-
vate. He enlisted when a mere boy.
In garden at Woodland, Cal, is
growing a clump of wheat which is a
curiosity because of the fact that 161
stalks have spread from one kernel of
wheat.
The Philadelphia North american
says that after a goose has lived its
natural life of fifty years it then be-
comes Il fashionable boarding house
delicacy.
Sea air is said to be greatly bene-
fetal to persons with pulmonary
troubles. A sea voyage, however, is
considered to be more advantageous
than a residence on the coast
Syracuse boasts of having the big
gest dog in the world. He weighs 203
pounds and measures six feet and three
inches from nose to tail. He IS nearly
two years old and was born in En-
gland.
Colonel Mosby daughter is writing
up the ''Adventures of Il Boy Soldier, !"
the material for which she procured
from member of her fathers COM
mand who enlisted when only 13 years
of age.
Twenty years ago not a singing bird,
except in cages, could be heard in
Eagle valley, Nevada, and now the
warnings of the wild songsters can be
heard from early morn till long after
sunset.
Six widows live on six adjoining
farms at Venango, Pa, and ;iIcy are
all Hendersons, being the widows of
the late Henderson brothers, Thomas,
Samuel, Andrew, Stewart, William
and Alexander.
Florida can boast the only county in
the United States composed entirely of
islands. Monroe county, since the
formation of Lee from some of its ter
ritory, now comprises the keys and
Islands off the mainland.
The King of the TONGA Islands
dresses in well-made European clothes,
which set off his handsome figure, but
because his feet are SO large and have
SO enormous development of heel.
The death of MIR. Wheeler leaves
Hannibal Hamlin the only living ex-
Vice-President chosen by the people.
He viii be seventy-eight years of age
in August, and he was elected Wee
President twenty-seyen years ago.
G. ". McCormic, u wealthy citizen
of brownsville, Ga, who is not
seycritl white pastors of the different
churches III that city recently by pre-
senting each of them with house and
lot
In the South it is Il popular belief
that a man can endure fatigue in hot
weather better on buttermilk than any
other drink. 1t satisfies the craving
for acids and furnishes in its cheesy
matter good supply Of wholesome
nutrition.
The school officials Of Boston have
ings of that city forbidding the chew
ing of tobacco by the pupils. They
have even posted the notice in the
girls high school building, much to
the indignation of the young women.
An aged citizen of Camden, Me-,
tells of the time when salmon was SO
plentiful and so little esteemed that an
apprentice to any trade had to sign
articles binding him to eat salmon
twice week and thought it one of
the most disagreeable parts of the con-
tract.
John E. Parsons, Joseph Ii. Choate.
and lawyers of their standing in New
York make about SO, 900 year each,
but if all the money made by all the
lawyers in the city of New York were
equally divided among them each one
would probably receive for his share
about $1,000.
The owner OF Macon (Ga.) mule
discovered that the animal had the
laryngitis. a portion OF the pipe was
removed and silver tube was inserted,
and now the mule breathes freely. 1t
now remains to be seen whether the
mule can whinny his thanks to the doe
tor for saving his life.